Meat-slicer.



C. R. MILLER & T. A'. KEY.

MEAT SLICEH.

APPLICATION HLED was 1. ms.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917,

Witnesses 'EZVMM,

Attorneys mmms n21: 517.."4010-7000. mumkcruu. n c.

CHARLES R. MILLER AND TEXAL ARMOY KEY, OF WHITESBOBO, TEXAS.

MEAT-SLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 191?.

Application filed June 1, 1915. Serial No. 31,567.

invented a new and useful Meat-Slicer, of

which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted tobe employed for cutting meat, and one object of the invention is toprovide novel means for retaining in place, the lead screw wherebythefeeding member is actuated.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for retainingthe guides on which the feed member slides.

Another object of the invention is to provide a structure of the typeabove mentioned embodying an audible alarm whereby the operator may beadvised whenhe has advanced the meat through a predetermined step.

Another object of the invention is to improve the cutting member and itsmounting.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what'is claimed, without departing from. the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows the invention in top plan;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation wherein the table and the cutting mechanismdisclosed in Fig. 2 has been removed;

Fig. 4: is a transverse section;

Fig. 5 is a fragmental transverse section showing the audible alarm;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental horizontal section wherein parts are brokenaway.

In carrying out the invention there'is provided a platform 1 supportedon end walls or feet 2 and 3. Extended longitudinally of the platform 1adjacent one edge thereof is a guide 4 for the material to be cut, theguide comprising ears 5 united by means of securing elements 6 with theplatform 1. The

foot 3 is provided with openings 7 and 8 therethrough. In the foot 2there is formed an opening 9 and upon either side of the opening 9,seats 10 are formed in the inner face of the foot 2. One end of a leadscrew 11 is journaled forrotation in the opening 7, the other end of thelead screw terminating in a reduced neck 12 journaled in the opening 9and defining a shoulder 14: 006perating with the inner face of the foot2. Any suitable means may be provided for rotating the lead screw-11. Inthe present form, but not necessarily, a crank 16 is assembled with theneck 12 of the lead screw. Located on opposite sides of the lead screw11 are guides 15, each guide at one end being mounted in one of theopenings 8, the other ends of the guides being received in the seats 10.Referring to Fig. 6 of the drawings it will be understood that theguides 15 may be mounted in place by sliding them to the left throughthe openings 8 in the foot 3, until the left hand ends of the guides arereceived in the seats 10 of the foot 2, a similar operation beingcarried out in the case of the lead screw 11, the reduced neck 12 of thelead screw passingthrough the opening 9, the shoulder 14 abuttingagainst the inner face of the foot 2, and the opposite end of the leadscrew being received in the opening 7 of the foot 3.

The invention comprises a table 17 adapted to receive the meat after thesame is sliced, the table 17 being depressed slightly below theplatform 1. The table 17 embodies an end flange 18 and side flanges 26.The end flange 18 abuts againstthe outer face of the foot 3 and is heldthereto by securing elements 19. It will now be understood that theflange 18 of the table 17 constitutes a means for maintaining in placethe guides 15 and the lead screw 11all of which will be obvious fromFig. 6.

The invention comprises a feed member in the form of a plate 20, mountedto move along the platform 1 and embodying a reduced neck 21 passingthrough a longitudinal slot 22 in the platform. The lower end of theneck is equipped with a laterally enlarged nut 23 bearing against theunder face of the platform 1. The lead screw 11 is threaded into theintermediate portion of the nut 23, the end portions of the nut beingslidably mounted on the guides 15.

Pairs of uprights 24 are united by means of securing elements 25 withthe side flanges with a handle 29 and the other end of the frame isprovided with a tightening device 30. A thin, flexible blade 31 isprovided, one end of the blade being detachably assembled as shown at 32with the handle, and the blade being detachably connected as shown at 33with the tightening device 30. The frame 28 of the cutter moves betweenthe uprights 24 and serves to guide and clirect the movement of thecutter, the blade 31 moving along the outer edges of opposed uprights24. Obviously, by manipulating the tightening device 30, the flexibleblade 31 may be tightened up and made to exercise its function.

The invention comprises an audible alarm whereby the operator may beadvised when he has advanced the meat to be out, through a predetermineddistance. In the present embodiment of the invention, the audible alarmembodies a ratchet wheel 34 secured to the lead screw 11, a pawl 35being adapted to coact with the ratchet wheel, the pawl being pivoted tothe foot 2 and being extended upwardly through a slot 37 formed in theplatform 1. Connected to the foot 2 and to V the pawl 35 is a spring 36which maintains the pawl in operative relation to the ratchet wheel.

In practical operation, the meat to be cut is placed upon the platform 1and, when the lead screwll is rotated by means of the crank 16 or itsequivalent, the feed member 20 will be advanced, carrying with it themeat to be cut. Whenever a rotary movement is given to the lead screw11, the pawl 35 will drop down off one of the shoulders on the ratchetwheel 34:, thus producing a click which the operator can readily hear,the operator thus being guided and directed as to the distance throughwhichhe has advanced the meat by the manipulation of the lead screw 11.

The cutter 28-31 may be reciprocated and moved vertically, to slice themeat, the slices dropping onto the table 17. In order to prevent aninjury to the blade 31, caused by the latter coming'into contact withthe table 17, stops 27 may be held between the uprights 24, the stops 27coacting with the frame portion 28 of the cutter'to limit the downwardmovement thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 7 1. In a deviceof the class described, a platform; opposed pairs of uprights upstandingabove the platform; a cutter comprising a rigid frame having laterallyolfsetends, a flexible blade, and means for connecting the bladeterminally with the offset ends of the frame, one of said means being atightening device for the blade; the frame being received between theuprights of the pairs to guide the cutter independently of the blade andto prevent a flexing of the blade. 7 V

2. In a meat cutter, a platform provided with depending feet; a leadscrew j ournaled in the feet and provided with a shoulder engaging onefoot; a guide abutting against said foot and received in the other foot;a table secured to the last specified foot and constituting means formaintaining the lead screw and the guide assembled with the feet; acutter operating adjacent the table; and a feed member into which thelead screw is threaded, the feed member being mounted to reciprocate onthe guide.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. MILLER. TEXAL ARMQY KEY. Witnesses: 1 Y

J. W. OMOHUNDRO, H. BEAST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. V

